The History of Photography
A brief history of photography, from the first primitive attempts to capture an image through the innovations of the digital age.
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How Photography Changed the World
Photography has the rare ability to inform, influence, and inspire. It changed the world and how we see it.
How to Create a Unique Bokeh Effect in Photography
Learn to create a bokeh effect in photography and the factors that influence it. Also, learn tips on how to achieve the most pleasing bokeh.
The Decisive Moment – What It Is and How to Find It
Today's guide revolves all around the decisive moment. But just what are decisive moments? Is there a difference between them and 'the' decisive momen…
24 Tips for Taking Tack Sharp Photos
Your ultimate guide for capturing tack sharp photos, with tips and techniques to upgrade your photography skills.
Understanding Tonal Range in Photography
Can't wrap your head around the concept of tones in photography? Our comprehensive guide on tonal range is just for you!
10 Common Beginner Photography Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
It's inevitable for beginners to make photography mistakes. Here's our detailed guide to help you overcome all the errors!
Understanding the Exposure Triangle
The exposure triangle is the foundation of photography. An intuitive understanding of exposure is crucial for advancing in the art of photography.
Focus Stacking: Your Ultimate Guide
A post processing technique to create sharp focus across the entire photograph, focus stacking uses a number of images that are in-focus at different …
What is Chimping in Photography and How to Avoid It
What is the problem with chimping in photography? Should you try to break the habit? Read more to find out now!
A Beginner’s Guide to Dynamic Range in Photography
Ever wanted to learn what dynamic range photography is, and how to utilize it? Read on and find out in this detailed guide!
How to Shoot in Manual Mode
Manual camera settings may be challenging for beginner photographers. In my opinion, shooting in manual mode with your camera is a great way to learn…
What is Digital Noise and How to Reduce It
Noise in photography is a complex issue that needs to be addressed, especially as you enter the professional arena. Managing noise in your photos ofte…
Image Stabilization: What, When, and How
Image stabilization is a group of systems that reduce blurry images due to camera shake during exposure, a common problem that becomes more severe at …
The Top 6 Outdoor Photography Tips for Beginners
Take your outdoor photography to the next level with these tips and tricks for beginners and experienced photographers alike!
What is Resolution in Photography?
Resolution is a measure of detail in an image, specified as the number of pixels for a digital asset or as dots for a print. Find out more in our deta…
Drone Photography: A Quick Guide for Beginners
In the past, aerial photography was a highly exclusive field. Few professional photographers had access to the possibilities it offered. The only major exceptions were…
Bracketing in Photography: What, Why and How
Bracketing is a photography technique to enable you to get better photographs, either by selecting from variations of the same shot or merging images …
Chromatic Aberration and How to Fix It
Chromatic aberration, also called color fringing, is a type of distortion that appears as an artificial color around the edges of subjects in a photog…
The Ultimate Narrative Photography Guide
You may not think of your photography necessarily as containing its own story, but you might be surprised to read about the prevalence and importance…
Understanding Focal Length and Angle of View
Understanding focal length helps photographers determine what lenses to invest in and which lens to use on a particular shoot. Focal length describes one of…
What is Exposure in Photography?
In photography, your exposure determines what gets recorded on your camera’s image sensor. The science behind exposure in photography is called Sensitometry. Getting the right…
What is Shutter Speed in Photography? Basic Guide for Beginners
What is shutter speed in photography? This is a great question because understanding what shutter speed is in photography is fundamental. Shutter speed is the…
What is ISO?
The acronym ISO refers to International Standards Organization. This gives us absolutely no clues as to how it is relevant in photography. The ISO setting…
Getting Started in Photography – 17 Things to Consider
Getting started in photography doesn’t have to be challenging or intimidating. Persistence, a few creative projects, and networking can all help you thrive as a…
RAW vs JPEG – Which Image File Format is Better?
RAW and JPEG Files RAW format and jpg (or jpeg) format are two distinctly different files types produced by your digital camera. When you set…
Understanding White Balance in Photography
Why it’s Important to Control the White Balance Settings on Your Camera When the white balance is correct in a digital photograph, white will appear…
Understanding Color in Photography
Color in Photography The definition of color is a component of light that is separated when it is reflected off of an object. Color begins…
What is Aperture? Introduction Lesson
Aperture in photography is a diaphragm in lenses that controls the amount of light that can enter the camera. This function works in a similar…
Introduction to the Rule of Thirds
What is the Rule of Thirds in Photography? The rule of thirds is a composition technique. It divides the frame into a grid with two…
8 Reasons Why Your Photos Are Blurry
No photographer likes to see that their photos are blurred. Wondering ‘why are my pictures blurry’ is the cause of much frustration. The good thing…
Smartphones vs Digital Cameras: Which is Better?
Photography is more popular than ever. Everyone is a photographer these days, at least those of us who use smartphones are. But there’s always a conflict…
How To Get Started With Ring Light Photography
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you want the photograph you’re taking to look professional, but the light is too low or the…
The 21 Best Photography Magazines for Beginners
If you’re just getting started in the field of photography, you want to soak up all the information you can about cameras, lenses, and various…
13 Most Popular Types of Photography Genres
There are approximately 152,000 people employed as photographers in the United States. People choose this career for a variety of reasons. Some like the idea…
A Guide To The 61 Most Frequently Asked Photography Questions
New to photography? We’ve compiled a useful and comprehensive photography guide for those wanting to learn more about photography. This guide does cover a lot,…
Multispectral Imaging: What is it used for?
You may be surprised to learn that there’s a kind of photography that captures images of things that you can’t see. It’s called multispectral imaging.…
Free Apple Photography Classes
Apple Photography Classes Did you know Apple offers FREE Photography Classes and Photo Walks? Neither did we! Apple launched a new training and educational program…
Digital Photography Course by Stanford Professor
We are constantly on the lookout for free quality photography education and training resources, and we found an outstanding series of Lectures on Digital Photography…
Harvard University Photography Course
Exposing Digital Photography Course Harvard University has posted videos of their digital photography course. Exposing Digital Photography is available online free of charge as OpenCourseWare (or OCW). Open…
Understanding ISO Sensitivity
In our course on understanding the exposure triangle, we spoke of the importance of light in photography and about controlling how much light gets exposed…
5 Basic Compositional Rules in Photography
Compositional Rules As a beginner photographer, you must surely be looking at the images made by other photographers, people whose work you admire. Among the…
Reflector Basics
Photography Reflector Basics A reflector is often seen in the possession of many professional photographers. If asked, they would probably say that it was one of…
Basic Camera Settings
Did you recently purchase a new camera but are not sure which camera settings to use? You’re not alone. Most beginner photographers are initially overwhelmed…
Light vs Camera and the Human Eye
Light vs Camera Lenses When it comes to light and photography, it’s helpful to understand some of the basic physics and relationship between light and…